This March marks the release of Cultural Crossroads: From Challenges to Impact—Ethnic Churches in the American Mosaic, a new book by Yevgeniy Kovalenko, Associate Pastor at House of the Gospel in Fresno, California.
Written from the perspective of someone who grew up in the Slavic immigrant church community, the book addresses a challenge familiar to many churches in our Association: how to preserve cultural heritage while faithfully engaging the surrounding culture with the gospel. Across America, many diaspora churches face generational transitions, language shifts, and questions about their future mission. Cultural Crossroads offers biblical reflection, cultural analysis, and practical examples from churches navigating these realities.
The book has been endorsed by PCSBA President Oleksandr Pronin and also engages research and insights from the work of former PCSBA President Vyacheslav Tsvirinko, whose leadership helped shape conversations about the future of Slavic evangelical churches in North America.
Cultural Crossroads has also received strong encouragement from veteran church leader Dr. Anthony Ahaev, who writes that the book offers “proven ideas from this well of sweet water” for pastors and church leaders serving in transitional ministry contexts.
Cultural Crossroads is now available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GQ2SS616.
About the author
Yevgeniy Kovalenko is the author of Cultural Crossroads: From Challenges to Impact – Ethnic Churches in the American Mosaic and serves as an associate pastor at House of the Gospel Church in Fresno, California, where he preaches, disciples, and develops future leaders. An immigrant from Ukraine, he writes from firsthand experience navigating the challenges and opportunities of diaspora church life in America.
Yevgeniy holds a degree in Advanced Biblical and Cultural Exegesis from Eternity Bible College and brings a unique perspective shaped by both pastoral ministry and a background in the engineering field, combining theological depth with clarity, structure, and practical insight. His writing explores faith, culture, leadership, and the mission of the church in a changing world.
Yevgeniy and his wife, Lily, have been married for sixteen years and are the parents of four children.
